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Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. by bogomipz on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @07:59AM (#14602909)
How do you know that?
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Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. by berberous on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @08:08AM (#14602982)
Have you ever seen a Board sue a CEO in a similar situation?

I also don't think the examples he cited are violations of those duties.

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Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. by jacquesm on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @09:11AM (#14603413)
He may not, but I have seen a board threaten a CEO in a situation like that. It never came to a lawsuit, the CEO stepped down but this sort of thing definitely can happen depending on how bad the situation is.
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Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. by bduerst on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @12:00PM (#14604930)
Investors sue all the officers all the time. United Airlines, Ebay/Craigslist, Skype, non-profits, etc.

Suppressing systemic sexual harassment violates his duty to report management problems to the board. Same with any meetings with Otto's founder a week prior to them leaving Google and founding Otto.

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Re:Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Resigns as C.E.O. by bogomipz on Wednesday June 21, 2017 @12:47PM (#14605461)
Indeed. The CEO of Sears was recently sued by investors:

http://www.businessinsider.com/sears-ceo-will-pay-40-million...

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